{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"#105: The Future of Oil Sands","description":"The Idea Exchange series has been happening in regions across North America, bringing alumni, donors and UCalgary supporters together to connect and talk big ideas\u2026 and now it\u2019s coming to Calgary.&amp;nbsp;The first event in Calgary is November 22 and we\u2019re going to be talking energy innovations for today and tomorrow. One of panelists for this is alumnus Ian Gates, who is the associate dean of innovation with UCalgary\u2019s Schulich School of Engineering as well as the university\u2019s Global Research Initiative Lead with the Canada First Research Excellence Fund. Seeing as it\u2019s Thursday, this week\u2019s&amp;nbsp;podcast&amp;nbsp;episode is a throwback to the first time we had Ian on our show. In this episode Ian Gates, BSc\u201989, and Jackie Forrest, BSc\u201996 explore the current state of Alberta\u2019s oil and gas industry, and discuss the future of oil sands, originally posted February 1st, 2016 ","author_name":"Peer Review - The University of Calgary Alumni Podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/www.ucalgary.ca\/alumni\/peerreview","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/5881584\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/5881584"}